The David Paterson press conference will actually maybe happen at 3, in order to give the governor more time to make an erratic and unpredictable decision about his future.
Sources close to Governor David Paterson say he will not seek reelection, according to the New York Post and the Daily News. He will give a press conference between 11:30 and 12:30, but he will not resign.
You'd have to pry the job from his cold, dead hands, but what if Paterson's latest scandal caused New York to lose its second governor in so many years? Meet Richard Ravitch, the 76-year-old Manhattanite waiting in the wings.
Governor Paterson's few remaining allies are calling on him to not run for reelection. He also just had his first resignation. Update: And now no one knows where he is! Update2:They maybe found him!
Dan Senor—husband to Campbell Brown, former spokesman for Iraq's Coalition Provisional Authority, and Fox News analyst—might be considering a Senate run. But who isn't? Which reminds us: could you answer a few questions?
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is the most popular man in town, according to a recent poll. Kelly's approval rating is an impressive 70%—which is hilarious, because there's more news of the NYPD's corruption every day.
Ruben Diaz Sr, the worst New York State Senator who has not personally slashed his girlfriend's face with a broken glass (well, maybe besides Pedro Espada), has released a statement blaming Governor David Paterson's woes on gay people.
Ever since that Paterson expose fizzled, Albany bureaus have been stuck in "the day after a tragically disappointing Christmas" mode, toying listlessly with unwanted stocking stuffers. The latest: Sleazy aide David Johnson went on a football junket. Of course. [NYPost]
2001's Anthrax mailer, Dr. Bruce Ivins, killed five people and then himself. The FBI's closing the case file on him today. Interestingly, the guy hated New York. Sometimes, it sucks! But there are ways around this problem.
The New York Post may think Mort Zuckerman would make the swell Senate candidate, but Post media columnist Keith Kelly is still reporting on how the stingy Daily News publisher is eliminating 401(k) matching and slashing executive salaries.
Who exactly does Mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg want to be our next Senator? First we're told that his influential friends convinced a bank-loving conservative Democrat from Tennessee named Harold Ford to run. Now, suddenly, he wants million-year-old hack publisher Mort Zuckerman?
The New York Times' David Paterson story centered on his drug-dealing, allegedly abusive staffer David Johnson. But Paterson also employs Clemmie Harris, an adviser who collects $30,000 a year on disability and doesn't appear to live in New York.
So, this is it? This is THE New York Times David Paterson 'bombshell'? The whole thing? There's not a second part that's good? Jesus, New York Times, why didn't you say it was going to be so boring. Wed. Update:
Is The New York Post having a laugh? Has Rupert Murdoch gone soft? What is up with this insane editorial today apparently seriously endorsing a Mort Zuckerman Senate run?
When it comes to his shadow run for Senate, Harold Ford is a New Yorker through and through. When it comes to paying taxes, though, he's still a Tennessean — he's never filed a New York return.
Erstwhile Gawker editor and New York culturist-at-large Joshua David Stein has created, just in time for Valentine's Day, a romantic Mad Lib for our Brooklyn bobo era, complete with prompts for cheap beer, dive bars, and flash-in-the-pan bands.
Five finalists have been named in the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's design a condom wrapper contest. Winner gets their artwork on free jimmy-hat wrappers! The manhole cover design at left was described as such in City Room:
Nothing has ever really happened until it's happened in New York, so today marks the first big snowstorm of the year. Forget that DC bullshit over the weekend. This is the real-deal. Here are some photos documenting the historic event.
Now why would you need to "draft" a guy who already wants to run for office? That is the question we're faced with as we examine the "Draft Larry Kudlow" movement.
Harold Ford has defended himself against carpetbagging by saying "I pay taxes there, and once you pay taxes there, you feel like a New Yorker." So why won't he say whether he's ever filed a New York tax return?
